Macneice, Louis

Autumn Sequel: A Rhetorical Poem in XXVI Cantos

London, Faber and Faber, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, interior lightly toned at worst, more heavily toned endpapers, minimal rubbing to extremities. Previous owner's inscription, neatly rendered. Burgundy cloth over boards. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. [6], 7-163 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 356905

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poets poetry poems Louis Macneice

Macneice, Louis

The Burning Perch

London, Faber and Faber, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, interior lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Burgundy linen cloth over boards, fadeed a bit along top edge. Moderately worn and chipped printed paper dust jacket, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. An offered choice by the Poetry Book Society. 58 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 356910

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poems poetry poets Louis Macneice

Macneice, Louis

The Burnt Offerings

New York, Oxford University Press, 1953. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First American Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, interior lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Salmon linen cloth over boards, faded a bit along top edge. Mildly worn paper dust jacket, protected by a plastic coat. A fine collection of new poems from the then new and well respected poet, friend to Auden and Day-Lewis. 58 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good/Good,

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Book number: 356912

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poems poetry poets Louis Macneice

Macneice, Louis

Out of the Picture: A Play in Two Acts

New York, Harcourt, Brace, . . Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, interior lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Blue linen cloth over boards, sunned a bit along top edge, Bright and shiny printed dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn, protected by a plastic coat, price-clipped. A fine play by the then young poet, contemporary of and friends with Auden and Day-Lewis. 127 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 356909

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: plays theatre Louis Macneice

Macneice, Louis

Ten Burnt Offerings

New York, Oxford University Press, 1953. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First American Edition. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, interior lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Salmon linen cloth over boards, faded a bit along top edge. Mildly worn paper dust jacket, protected by a plastic coat. A fine collection of new poems from the then new and well respected poet, friend to Auden and Day-Lewis. 58 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 356911

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poems poetry poets Louis Macneice

Macneice, Louis

Visitations

London, Faber and Faber, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, interior lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn beyond sunning to edges and tape reinforcement at spine head and foot, protected by a plastic coat. [6], 7-163 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 356906

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poets poetry poems Louis Macneice

Mannes, Marya

Subverse

New York, George Braziller, 1959. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if toned, minimal rubbing to extremities. Illustrated paper dust jacket, illustrated, moderately worn and sunned, price-clipped. Bound in illustrated light gray paper over boards, black cloth-backed. 143 pp. Verse and pictures galore. A collection of whimsical, amusing poems on then contemporary issues with hilarious illustrations drawn by Osborn, from salesmanship to charity, faith to politics. Mannes was a native New Yorker, a feature editor at Vogue magazine, and a frequent contributor to the New Yorker among many other publications. The artist Robert Chesley Osborn (1904-1994) was an American satiric cartoonist, illustrator and author. According to his obituary, his drawings featured images of bloated power, violence and death, about society's pretensions, spoofing subjects such as psychiatry, advertising, suburbanites and social climbing.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 352518

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poetry Marya Mannes Subverse Osborn

Masefield, John

End and Beginning

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1933. First American Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. First American Edition. Sturdy, tightly bound hardcover, clean, if lightly toned and moderately foxed at endpapers front and rear, less so of interior, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound in blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine (rubbed a bit) and sharper on front cover. The eventual Poet Laureate of England. 50 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Good

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Book number: 356928

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poets poetry poems John Masefield

Masefield, John

A Letter from Pontus and Other Verse

New York, Macmillan & Co., 1936. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine collection of short poems and narratives, inventive prose, including the title piece, "A Letter From Pontus." John Masefield was England's Poet Laureate at the time of publication in 1936. Stated First Edition, First Printing. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Toning to endpapers, else bright and unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat, machine- and price-clipped. 117 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good/Very Good,

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Book number: 356926

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poets poetry poems John Masefield

Mazzaro, Jerome

The Poetic Themes of Robert Lowell

Ann Arbor, Michigan, University of Michigan Press, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound, internally clean hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, neat and tidy paste-downs; not ex-library, with neither highlighting nor underlining.Handsomely bound in brown cloth, with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket complete, protected by Brodart cover, with a bit of loss to front panel at bottom. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. viii [1], 1-145 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 348584

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Jerome Mazzaro|Robert Lowell|poetry|poetry criticism

McClellan, Douglas

The White Gallery

Santa Cruz, California, Many Names Press, for the author, 1993. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. SIGNED by the author, being warmly inscribed to the former owner, Richard L. Press, of Sacramento, California. Simple white printed wraps, an edition of only 300 copies, set in New Century Schoolbook, printed offset on Curtis Brightwater Riblaid, then letterpressed on Starwhite Vicksburg, printed by Kate Hitt. Unpaginated, but roughly 400 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine

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Book number: 350032

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Keywords: Douglas McClellan|signed|poetry

McCloskey, Mark

Goodbye But Listen

Nashville, Tennessee, Vanderbilt University Press, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn, protected by a plastic coat. 86 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Near Fine/Very Good,

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Book number: 356927

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: poets poetry poems Mark McCloskey

Frederick McNear, Jr.

Poems in Black and White

Los Angeles, California, The Raven's Head Press, 1932. Signed Limited Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An "Extra" copy of this signed, limited edition of poetry by Frederick McNear, Jr., and illustrated in black-and-white by John Sebastian. Black paper over boards, black cloth-backed, paper title label to front cover. Colophon notes five hundred copies only having been printed, signed by the author at Page of Dedication (to Robert Lee Eskridge Who Encouraged Us), "From the encouraged - Freddy - Johnny." Endpapers heavily toned, interior only lightly and sporadically so. Unpaginated, but roughly 30 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Very Good

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Book number: 355963

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: signed limited edition John Sebastian poetry Frederick McNear, Jr.

Frederick McNear, Jr.

Poems in Black and White

Los Angeles, California, The Raven's Head Press, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. An "Extra" copy of this Limited Edition of poetry by Frederick McNear, Jr., and illustrated in black-and-white by John Sebastian including of the publisher device at title page. Black paper over boards, black cloth-backed, paper title label to front cover, covers only lightly rubbed, two tips scuffed. Colophon notes five hundred copies only having been printed. Endpapers lightly toned, interior only lightly and sporadically so. Unpaginated, but roughly 30 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good

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Book number: 356937

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: signed limited edition John Sebastian poetry Frederick McNear, Jr.

Meltzer, David

Bolero : A Selection from Asaph, a Work-in-Progress

Berkeley, California, Oyez, 1976. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. Extremely good provenance and added association value insofar as this Near Fine condition copy is SIGNED by the author and inscribed very warmly to "the Legmans," the fabulous Judith Evans Legman and the now deceased Gershon Legman, "For the Legmans, renewed love; last week learned we shall be having our fourth child, and then with Hebrew inscription and drawing by the author, David Meltzer. Pumpkin-colored wraps, hand-stitched with stream, rough-cut fore-edges, clean and unmarked of interior. Designed and printed by Graham Mackintosh at Oyez. A sort of Christmas keepsake published annually by the owner of Oyez.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . Signed by Author. . Fine

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Book number: 355337

Catalogue: Poetry

Keywords: Graham Macintosh David Meltzer signed poetry